4 research outputs found
Do gendered citation advantages influence field participation? Four unusual fields in the USA 1996-2017
Gender inequalities in science are an ongoing concern, but their current causes are not well understood. This article investigates four fields with unusual proportions of female researchers in the USA for their subject matter, according to some current theories. It assesses how their gender composition and gender differences in citation rates have changed over time. All fields increased their share of female first-authored research, but at varying rates. The results give no evidence of the importance of citations, despite their unusual gender characteristics. For example, the field with the highest share of female-authored research and the most rapid increase had the largest male citation advantage. Differing micro-specialisms seems more likely than bias to be a cause of gender differences in citation rates, when present
Women, Entrepreneurship and Education: Descriptive Bibliometric Analysis Based on SCOPUS Database
Descriptive bibliometric analysis seeks to present the characteristics of published scientific papers that examine the phenomena of "women", "entrepreneurship" and "education". Using standard bibliographic and bibliometrics indicators, the specifics of publications from the point of publishing dynamics, belonging to different scientific areas, characteristics of a publication source, individual or joint authorship, geographical distribution, published content and citation metrics are presented. The research results rely on analytical tools provided by Scopus and BibExcel, while a Wordcloud text generator was used to create some of the graphical presentations. A total of 330 papers dated in the period from 1976 to 2020, were published in a total of 198 journals indexed in the SCOPUS database. Created as a result of individual research work or in collaboration with 811 different authors, the content of these works falls into one of 22 categories of research areas. The observed papers were cited by 4976 other documents indexed in the Scopus database. This study should be considered as a systematization of articles published in eminent scientific journals and should motivate other authors to conduct further researches in the field of bibliometrics
Female citation impact superiority 1996-2018 in six out of seven English-speaking nations
Efforts to combat continuing gender inequalities in academia need to be
informed by evidence about where differences occur. Citations are relevant as
potential evidence in appointment and promotion decisions, but it is unclear
whether there have been historical gender differences in average citation
impact that might explain the current shortfall of senior female academics.
This study investigates the evolution of gender differences in citation impact
1996-2018 for six million articles from seven large English-speaking nations:
Australia, Canada, Ireland, Jamaica, New Zealand, UK, and the USA. The results
show that a small female citation advantage has been the norm over time for all
these countries except the USA, where there has been no practical difference.
The female citation advantage is largest, and statistically significant in most
years, for Australia and the UK. This suggests that any academic bias against
citing female authored research cannot explain current employment inequalities.
Nevertheless, comparisons using recent citation data, or avoiding it
altogether, during appointments or promotion may disadvantage females in some
countries by underestimating the likely impact of their work, especially in the
long term